name: Playbook for packages.yml hosts: all vars: pkgs: - php - mariadb tasks: - name: install the packages yum: name: "{{ item }}" state: present loop: "{{ pkgs }}" when: inventory_hostname in groups['dev'] or inventory_hostname in groups['test'] or inventory_hostname in groups['prod'] - name: install the RPM development tool package group yum: name: "@RPM Development Tools" state: present when: inventory_hostname in groups['dev']